UEFA Euro 2024

UEFA Euro 2024
Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2024
(in German)

United by Football.
Vereint im Herzen Europas.

(United in the heart of Europe.)
Tournament details
Host countryGermany
Dates14 June – 14 July
Teams24
Venue(s)10 (in 10 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (4th title)
Runners-up England
Tournament statistics
Matches played51
Goals scored117 (2.29 per match)
Attendance2,681,288 (52,574 per match)
Top scorer(s) (3 goals each)
Best player(s)Spain Rodri
Best young playerSpain Lamine Yamal
2020
2028

The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2024 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2024) or simply Euro 2024, was the 17th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the European men's national teams of their member associations. Germany hosted the tournament, which took place from 14 June to 14 July 2024. The tournament involved 24 teams, with Georgia making their European Championship debut.

It was the third time that European Championship matches were played on German territory, and the second time in reunified Germany, as West Germany hosted the 1988 tournament, and four matches of the multi-national Euro 2020 were played in Munich. It was the first time the competition was held in what was formerly East Germany, with Leipzig as a host city, as well as the first major tournament since the 2006 FIFA World Cup that Germany served as a solo host nation.[1][2] The tournament returned to its usual four-year cycle after the 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Italy were the defending champions, having won the 2020 final against England on penalties,[3] but failed to defend the title after being eliminated by Switzerland in the round of 16.[4] Host nation Germany were eliminated by Spain in the quarter-finals; Spain went on to win the tournament for a record fourth time after defeating England 2–1 in the final.[5]

Host selection

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The Trophy

On 8 March 2017, UEFA announced that two countries, Germany and Turkey, had announced their intentions to host the tournament before the deadline of 3 March 2017.[6][7]

The host was chosen by the UEFA Executive Committee in a confidential ballot,[8][9] needing only a simple majority of votes to win. If the votes were equal, the final decision rested with UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin.[10][11] Out of the 20 members of the UEFA Executive Committee, Reinhard Grindel (Germany) and Servet Yardımcı (Turkey) could not vote because they were ineligible. Lars-Christer Olsson (Sweden) was also absent due to illness. In total, 17 members were able to vote.[12][13]

The host was selected on 27 September 2018 in Nyon, Switzerland.[2][12][14][15] Germany initially planned to fully host Euro 2020, although it had not announced any firm interest by May 2012.[16]

Voting results
Country Votes
 Germany 12
 Turkey 4
Abstention 1
Total 17

Venues

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Germany had a wide choice of stadiums that satisfied UEFA's minimum capacity requirement of 30,000 seats for European Championship matches.[17] The Olympiastadion in Berlin was the largest stadium at UEFA Euro 2024. The stadium hosted the final of the tournament, as well as three group stage matches, a round of 16 matches, and a quarterfinal.

Of the ten venues selected for Euro 2024, nine were used for the 2006 FIFA World Cup: Berlin, Dortmund, Munich, Cologne, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Leipzig, Frankfurt, and Gelsenkirchen.[18][19] Düsseldorf, which was not used in 2006 but had previously been used for the 1974 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1988, served as the tenth venue; conversely, Hanover, Nuremberg and Kaiserslautern, host cities in 2006 (in addition to 1974 and 1988 in Hanover's case), were not used for this championship. Munich, the site of the first game of UEFA Euro 2024, was also a host city at the multi-national UEFA Euro 2020 tournament, hosting four matches (three involving Germany) in front of a greatly reduced number of spectators due to COVID-19 restrictions.[20]

Various other stadiums, such as those in Bremen and Mönchengladbach, were not selected.[21] The area with the highest number of venues at UEFA Euro 2024 was the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with four of the ten host cities (Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Gelsenkirchen and Cologne).[22]

Berlin Munich Dortmund Stuttgart
Olympiastadion Allianz Arena Westfalenstadion MHPArena
Capacity: 71,000[23] Capacity: 66,000[24] Capacity: 62,000[25] Capacity: 51,000[26]
Gelsenkirchen
Arena AufSchalke
Capacity: 50,000[27]
Hamburg
Volksparkstadion
Capacity: 49,000[28]
Düsseldorf Frankfurt Cologne Leipzig
Merkur Spiel-Arena Waldstadion RheinEnergieStadion Red Bull Arena
Capacity: 47,000[29] Capacity: 47,000[30] Capacity: 43,000[31] Capacity: 40,000[32]

Team base camps

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Each team chose a "team base camp" for its stay between the matches. The teams trained and resided in these locations throughout the tournament, travelling to games staged away from their bases. The "team base camp" needed to be in Germany.[33]

Base camp and training ground by team—sortable
Team Base camp Training ground
 Albania Kamen[34] SportCentrum Kaiserau
 Austria Berlin[35] Mommsenstadion
 Belgium Ludwigsburg[36] Wasenstadion, SGV Freiberg am Neckar
 Croatia Neuruppin[37] Volksparkstadion [de], MSV Neuruppin
 Czech Republic Hamburg[38] Edmund-Plambeck-Stadion, FC Eintracht Norderstedt 03
 Denmark Freudenstadt[39] Hermann-Saam-Stadion
 England Blankenhain[40] Golfresort Weimarer Land
 France Bad Lippspringe[41] Home Deluxe Arena, SC Paderborn 07
 Georgia Velbert[42] Stadion Velbert, SSVg Velbert
 Germany Herzogenaurach[43] Adidas Campus/HomeGround
 Hungary Weiler-Simmerberg[44] Tannenhof Resort, Sport & Spa
 Italy Iserlohn[45] Hemberg-Stadion
 Netherlands Wolfsburg[46] AOK Stadion, VfL Wolfsburg (women)
 Poland Hanover[47] Eilenriedestadion
 Portugal Harsewinkel[48] Hotel-Residence Klosterpforte Marienfeld / Sports grounds
 Romania Würzburg[49] Akon Arena, FC Würzburger Kickers
 Scotland Garmisch-Partenkirchen[50] Stadion am Gröben
 Serbia Augsburg[51] Rosenaustadion, FC Augsburg (Women)
 Slovakia Mainz[52] Bruchwegstadion, 1. FSV Mainz 05 (Women)
 Slovenia Wuppertal[53] Stadion am Zoo, Wuppertaler SV
 Spain Donaueschingen[54] Der Öschberghof
  Switzerland Stuttgart[55] Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau, Stuttgarter Kickers
 Turkey Barsinghausen[56] Sporthotel Fuchsbachtal [de]
 Ukraine Wiesbaden Stadion am Halberg

Ticketing

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Tickets for the venues were sold directly by UEFA via its website, or distributed by the football associations of the 24 finalists. Ticket sales started on 3 October 2023. More than 80% of the 2.7 million tickets for the 51 tournament matches were available for the fans of the participating teams and the general public.[57] Fans of each participating team allocated 10,000 tickets for group stage matches, 6,000 tickets for the round of 16 and quarter-finals, 7,000 for the semi-finals, and 10,000 for the final match. Over 50 million applications from 206 countries were received. Besides fans of Germany, most tickets were requested by fans supporting Turkey, Hungary, England, Albania and Croatia.[58] Prices ranged from €30 (for a seat behind the goal at a group match) to €1000 (for a seat in the main stand at the final).[59]

Qualification

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  Team qualified for UEFA Euro 2024
  Team failed to qualify
  Team was banned from entering the competition
  Not a member of UEFA

As hosts, Germany qualified for the tournament automatically. The 23 remaining spots were determined by a qualifying tournament; 20 spots were decided by the direct qualification of the winners and runners-up of the 10 qualifying groups, with the remaining three spots decided by play-offs.[60] Places in the play-offs were given to the teams that performed the best in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League who did not already qualify via the main qualifying tournament.[61] The draw for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying group stage was held on 9 October 2022 at the Festhalle in Frankfurt.[62][63] The qualifying group stage took place from March to November 2023, while the three play-offs were held in March 2024.[64]

Qualified teams

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Of the 24 teams that qualified for the tournament, 19 had participated in the previous edition. These include the defending champions Italy and runners-up England, as well as 2022 World Cup runners-up France and bronze medalist Croatia. Portugal was the only team to qualify with a flawless record, whilst France, England, Belgium, Hungary, and Romania also qualified without a loss.[65]

Albania and Romania returned after missing out on Euro 2020, the former qualifying for only their second major tournament. Serbia and Slovenia both returned for the first time since Euro 2000, with Serbia qualifying for the first time since Serbia and Montenegro became separate nations, and Slovenia qualifying for their fourth major tournament as an independent nation.[66][67] Georgia beat Greece on penalties in the play-offs to qualify for their first-ever tournament since gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, also becoming the only debutants for this edition and ensuring every final tournament since the inaugural Euro 1960 saw at least one new team make their debut.[68]

Notable absentees included Sweden, Russia, and Wales. Sweden failed to reach the finals for the first time since Euro 1996 and also failed to qualify for their second major tournament in a row, having missed out on the 2022 World Cup. Russia, who were regulars at finals since Euro 2000, were barred from the qualifiers altogether in the aftermath of the country's invasion of Ukraine, the first time a national team had been banned from the competition since FR Yugoslavia in 1992. Wales, who reached the knockout stages at the previous two editions, including the semi-finals at Euro 2016, lost to Poland on penalties in the play-offs. Having made their debut at the previous edition, both North Macedonia and Finland failed to qualify for this edition.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[A]
 Germany[B] Host 27 September 2018 13 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
 Belgium Group F winner 13 October 2023 6 (1972, 1980, 1984, 2000, 2016, 2020)
 France Group B winner 13 October 2023 10 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
 Portugal Group J winner 13 October 2023 8 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
 Scotland Group A runner-up 15 October 2023 3 (1992, 1996, 2020)
 Spain Group A winner 15 October 2023 11 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
 Turkey Group D winner 15 October 2023 5 (1996, 2000, 2008, 2016, 2020)
 Austria Group F runner-up 16 October 2023 3 (2008, 2016, 2020)
 England Group C winner 17 October 2023 10 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016, 2020)
 Hungary Group G winner 16 November 2023 4 (1964, 1972, 2016, 2020)
 Slovakia[C] Group J runner-up 16 November 2023 5 (1960, 1976, 1980, 2016, 2020)
 Albania Group E winner 17 November 2023 1 (2016)
 Denmark Group H winner 17 November 2023 9 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2020)
 Netherlands Group B runner-up 18 November 2023 10 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2020)
 Romania Group I winner 18 November 2023 5 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2016)
  Switzerland Group I runner-up 18 November 2023 5 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2020)
 Serbia[D] Group G runner-up 19 November 2023 5 (1960, 1968, 1976, 1984, 2000)[E]
 Czech Republic[C] Group E runner-up 20 November 2023 10 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
 Italy Group C runner-up 20 November 2023 10 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
 Slovenia Group H runner-up 20 November 2023 1 (2000)
 Croatia Group D runner-up 21 November 2023 6 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
 Georgia Play-off Path C winner 26 March 2024 0 (debut)
 Ukraine Play-off Path B winner 26 March 2024 3 (2012, 2016, 2020)
 Poland Play-off Path A winner 26 March 2024 4 (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
  2. ^ From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.
  3. ^ a b From 1960 to 1980, both Slovakia and the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.[69][70][71][72]
  4. ^ From 1960 to 1984, Serbia competed as Yugoslavia, and in 2000 as FR Yugoslavia.
  5. ^ FR Yugoslavia were initially to appear in 1992 (after qualifying as Yugoslavia), but were replaced after being banned by the United Nations from all international sport.

Disqualification of Russia

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At a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Hvar, Croatia, on 20 September 2022, it was confirmed that Russia would be excluded from qualifying for Euro 2024, reaffirming the suspension of all Russian teams following the country's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and making this the first European Championship finals Russia would miss since 2000.[73][74][75][76]

Final draw

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The final tournament draw took place on 2 December 2023, 18:00 CET, at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg.[77] The teams were seeded in accordance with the overall European Qualifiers rankings. Hosts Germany were automatically seeded into pot 1, and they were placed in position A1. The three play-off winners were not known at the time of the draw, and the teams participating in those play-offs, scheduled to be held in March 2024, were placed into pot 4 for the draw.[78][79][80][81] The draw was disrupted by various sexual noises whilst it was taking place, as the result of a prankster.[82][83]

  • Pot 1: Germany (Host), group winners ranked 1–5
  • Pot 2: Group winners ranked 6–10, group runner-up ranked 1 (6–11 overall)
  • Pot 3: Group runners-up ranked 2–7 (12–17 overall)
  • Pot 4: Group runners-up ranked 8–10 (18–20 overall), play-off winners A–C (identity unknown at the time of the draw)

Seeding

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Seeding Pot 1
Team Rank
 Germany (hosts)
 Portugal 1
 France 2
 Spain 3
 Belgium 4
 England 5
Seeding Pot 2
Team Rank
 Hungary 6
 Turkey 7
 Romania 8
 Denmark 9
 Albania 10
 Austria 11
Seeding Pot 3
Team Rank
 Netherlands 12
 Scotland 13
 Croatia 14
 Slovenia 15
 Slovakia 16
 Czech Republic 17
Seeding Pot 4[a]
Team Rank
 Italy 18
 Serbia 19
  Switzerland 20
Play-off winners A
Play-off winners B
Play-off winners C
  1. ^ Identity of the three play-off winners was unknown at the time of the draw.

Draw

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Group A
Pos Team
A1  Germany
A2  Scotland
A3  Hungary
A4   Switzerland
Group B
Pos Team
B1  Spain
B2  Croatia
B3  Italy
B4  Albania
Group C
Pos Team
C1  Slovenia
C2  Denmark
C3  Serbia
C4  England
Group D
Pos Team
D1  Poland[a]
D2  Netherlands
D3  Austria
D4  France
Group E
Pos Team
E1  Belgium
E2  Slovakia
E3  Romania
E4  Ukraine[a]
Group F
Pos Team
F1  Turkey
F2  Georgia[a]
F3  Portugal
F4  Czech Republic
  1. ^ a b c Identity of the three play-off winners was unknown at the time of the draw.

Squads

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The maximum squad size of the teams was increased from the original quota of 23 to 26 players. Teams had to provide the list containing a minimum of 23 players and a maximum of 26 by the deadline of 7 June.[84]

Match officials

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In April 2024, 19 refereeing teams were selected to take charge of the 51 matches at the tournament, including an Argentine team selected as part of a co-operation agreement between the UEFA and CONMEBOL confederations.[85][86]

Refereeing teams
Country Referee Assistant referees Matches assigned
 Argentina Facundo Tello Gabriel Chade [de]
Ezequiel Brailovsky [es]
Turkey–Georgia (Group F)
Scotland–Hungary (Group A)
 England Michael Oliver Stuart Burt [de]
Dan Cook [de]
Spain–Croatia (Group B)
Slovakia–Ukraine (Group E)
Germany–Denmark (Round of 16)
Portugal–France (Quarter-finals)
Anthony Taylor Gary Beswick [de]
Adam Nunn [de]
Netherlands–France (Group D)
Ukraine–Belgium (Group E)
Spain–Germany (Quarter-finals)
 France François Letexier Cyril Mugnier [de]
Mehdi Rahmouni [de]
Croatia–Albania (Group B)
Denmark–Serbia (Group C)
Spain–Georgia (Round of 16)
Spain–England (Final)
Clément Turpin Nicolas Danos [de]
Benjamin Pagès [de]
Germany–Scotland (Group A)
England–Slovenia (Group C)
Netherlands–Turkey (Quarter-finals)
 Germany Daniel Siebert Jan Seidel
Rafael Foltyn
Georgia–Czech Republic (Group F)
Slovakia–Romania (Group E)
Felix Zwayer Stefan Lupp [de]
Marco Achmüller [de]
Italy–Albania (Group B)
Turkey–Portugal (Group F)
Romania–Netherlands (Round of 16)
Netherlands–England (Semi-finals)
 Italy Marco Guida Filippo Meli [it]
Giorgio Peretti [de]
Portugal–Czech Republic (Group F)
France–Poland (Group D)
Daniele Orsato Ciro Carbone [de]
Alessandro Giallatini [de]
Serbia–England (Group C)
Switzerland–Germany (Group A)
Portugal–Slovenia (Round of 16)
England–Switzerland (Quarter-finals)
 Netherlands Danny Makkelie Hessel Steegstra [de]
Jan de Vries [simple]
Germany–Hungary (Group A)
Croatia–Italy (Group B)
 Poland Szymon Marciniak Tomasz Listkiewicz [de]
Adam Kupsik [de]
Belgium–Romania (Group E)
Switzerland–Italy (Round of 16)
 Portugal Artur Soares Dias Paulo Soares [de]
Pedro Ribeiro [de]
Poland–Netherlands (Group D)
Denmark–England (Group C)
Austria–Turkey (Round of 16)
 Romania István Kovács Vasile Marinescu [de]
Mihai Ovidiu Artene [de]
Slovenia–Serbia (Group C)
Czech Republic–Turkey (Group F)
 Slovakia Ivan Kružliak Branislav Hancko [de]
Jan Pozor [de]
Scotland–Switzerland (Group A)
Netherlands–Austria (Group D)
 Slovenia Slavko Vinčić Tomaž Klančnik [de]
Andraž Kovačič [de]
Hungary–Switzerland (Group A)
Spain–Italy (Group B)
Spain–France (Semi-finals)
 Spain Jesús Gil Manzano Diego Barbero Sevilla [de]
Ángel Nevado Rodríguez [es]
Austria–France (Group D)
 Sweden Glenn Nyberg Mahbod Beigi [de]
Andreas Söderkvist [de]
Romania–Ukraine (Group E)
Albania–Spain (Group B)
France–Belgium (Round of 16)
 Switzerland Sandro Schärer Stéphane de Almeida [de]
Bekim Zogaj [de]
Slovenia–Denmark (Group C)
Georgia–Portugal (Group F)
 Turkey Halil Umut Meler Mustafa Emre Eyisoy [de]
Kerem Ersoy [de]
Belgium–Slovakia (Group E)
Poland–Austria (Group D)
England–Slovakia (Round of 16)

In addition, UEFA announced twenty video match officials and twelve support match officials (who would act as fourth official or reserve assistant referee).[86]

Video match officials
Country Referee(s)
 England Stuart Attwell
David Coote
 France Jérôme Brisard
Willy Delajod
 Germany Bastian Dankert
Christian Dingert
Marco Fritz
 Italy Massimiliano Irrati
Paolo Valeri
 Netherlands Rob Dieperink [nl]
Pol van Boekel
 Poland Bartosz Frankowski
Tomasz Kwiatkowski [pl]
 Portugal Tiago Martins
 Romania Cătălin Popa [it]
 Slovenia Nejc Kajtazovič [nl]
 Spain Alejandro Hernández Hernández
Juan Martínez Munuera
 Switzerland Fedayi San [it]
 Turkey Alper Ulusoy [tr]
Support match officials
Country Fourth official Reserve assistant referee
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Irfan Peljto Senad Ibrišimbegović [de]
 Lithuania Donatas Rumšas [nl] Aleksandr Radiuš [de]
 Netherlands Serdar Gözübüyük Johan Balder [de]
 Norway Espen Eskås Jan Erik Engan [de]
 Slovenia Rade Obrenović [it] Jure Praprotnik [de]
 Ukraine Mykola Balakin [it] Oleksandr Berkut [de]

Group stage

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Result of teams participating in UEFA Euro 2024

UEFA announced the tournament schedule on 10 May 2022, which included kick-off times only for the opening match, semi-finals, and final.[87][88] The kick-off times for all other matches were announced on 2 December 2023 following the draw.[89][90]

Group winners, runners-up and the best four third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16.

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Tiebreakers

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If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:[78]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams who are still level to determine their final rankings.[a] If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 will apply;
  5. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  7. If on the last round of the group stage, two teams who are facing each other are tied in points, goal difference and goals scored then they drew their match, their ranking is determined by a penalty shoot-out. (This criterion is not used if more than two teams had the same number of points.);
  8. Lower disciplinary points total in all group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card regardless whether it was a direct red card or two yellow cards, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
  9. Higher position in the European Qualifiers overall ranking, or drawing of lots if hosts Germany had been involved in the tiebreaker.

Notes

  1. ^ If there is a three-way tie on points, the application of the first three criteria may only break the tie for one of the teams, leaving the other two teams still tied. In this case, the tiebreaking procedure is resumed, from the beginning, for the two teams that are still tied.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany (H) 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Switzerland 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5
3  Hungary 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
4  Scotland 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts
Germany 5–1 Scotland
Report
Attendance: 65,052[91]
Hungary 1–3  Switzerland
Report

Germany 2–0 Hungary
Report
Attendance: 54,000[93]
Scotland 1–1  Switzerland
Report

Switzerland 1–1 Germany
Report
Attendance: 46,685[95]
Scotland 0–1 Hungary
Report
Attendance: 54,000[96]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Italy 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  Croatia 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2
4  Albania 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: UEFA
Spain 3–0 Croatia
Report
Attendance: 68,844[97]
Italy 2–1 Albania
Report
Attendance: 60,512[98]

Croatia 2–2 Albania
Report
Spain 1–0 Italy
Report

Albania 0–1 Spain
Report
Croatia 1–1 Italy
Report

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Denmark 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3[a]
3  Slovenia 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3[a]
4  Serbia 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head result (Slovenia 1–1 Denmark), overall goal difference and overall goals scored. Disciplinary points: Denmark −6, Slovenia −7.[103][104]
Slovenia 1–1 Denmark
Report
Attendance: 54,000[105]
Serbia 0–1 England
Report

Slovenia 1–1 Serbia
Report
Attendance: 63,028[107]
Denmark 1–1 England
Report

England 0–0 Slovenia
Report
Denmark 0–0 Serbia
Report
Attendance: 64,288[110]

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Austria 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  France 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3  Netherlands 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4  Poland 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: UEFA
Poland 1–2 Netherlands
Report
Austria 0–1 France
Report

Poland 1–3 Austria
Report
Attendance: 69,455[113]
Netherlands 0–0 France
Report
Attendance: 38,531[114]

Netherlands 2–3 Austria
Report
Attendance: 68,363[115]
France 1–1 Poland
Report
Attendance: 59,728[116]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Romania 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  Belgium 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4
3  Slovakia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Ukraine 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
Source: UEFA
Romania 3–0 Ukraine
Report
Attendance: 61,591[117]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Belgium 0–1 Slovakia
Report Schranz 7'
Attendance: 45,181[118]

Slovakia 1–2 Ukraine
Report
Belgium 2–0 Romania
Report

Slovakia 1–1 Romania
Report
Attendance: 45,033[121]
Ukraine 0–0 Belgium
Report
Attendance: 54,000[122]

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6[a] Advance to knockout stage
2  Turkey 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6[a]
3  Georgia 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4  Czech Republic 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Turkey 0–3 Portugal.
Turkey 3–1 Georgia
Report
Portugal 2–1 Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 38,421[124]
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

Georgia 1–1 Czech Republic
Report
Turkey 0–3 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 61,047[126]

Georgia 2–0 Portugal
Report
Czech Republic 1–2 Turkey
Report

Ranking of third-placed teams

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Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D  Netherlands 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4[a] Advance to knockout stage
2 F  Georgia 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4[a]
3 E  Slovakia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4 C  Slovenia 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
5 A  Hungary 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
6 B  Croatia 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Wins; 5) Lower disciplinary points total; 6) European Qualifiers overall ranking (or drawing of lots, if hosts Germany had been involved in the tiebreaker).[78]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Disciplinary points: Netherlands −2, Georgia −6.[104]

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out.[78]

As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there was no third place play-off.

All times listed are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Bracket

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Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
30 June – Cologne
 
 
 Spain4
 
5 July – Stuttgart
 
 Georgia1
 
 Spain (a.e.t.)2
 
29 June – Dortmund
 
 Germany1
 
 Germany2
 
9 July – Munich
 
 Denmark0
 
 Spain2
 
1 July – Frankfurt
 
 France1
 
 Portugal (p)0 (3)
 
5 July – Hamburg
 
 Slovenia0 (0)
 
 Portugal0 (3)
 
1 July – Düsseldorf
 
 France (p)0 (5)
 
 France1
 
14 July – Berlin
 
 Belgium0
 
 Spain2
 
2 July – Munich
 
 England1
 
 Romania0
 
6 July – Berlin